Engineer IC

Title: Engineer IV

Location: Jackson, MI 

Duration: 1 year with potential to extend 

Rate: $55-60/hr

Description: 

Job Description:

Department SummaryProject Engineering provides engineering leadership for all Energy Resources (ER) projects, including renewables, hydro, coal generation, gas generation and gas compression and storage. Project types can vary from new generation and environmental to plant modifications and maintenance. The department consists of a multidiscipline group of project engineers to support ER Projects.Employees in this department provide leadership, sound engineering judgement, organizational skills and clear communication to coordinate successful completion of a project Scope of Work. The Civil Engineer will be involved in several projects and to varying degrees of involvement.Job Description/ResponsibilitiesThe Civil Engineer will work in the Project Engineering Department in Energy Resources and will support power generation and natural gas compression facilities for the discipline of civil engineering. The Civil Engineer works in a team setting in the role of lead and/or support engineer for engineering projects.The Civil Engineer will perform moderately complex assignments requiring application of standard techniques, theory, procedures and criteria in carrying out a sequence of related engineering tasks. The candidate must independently evaluate, select, and apply engineering theory, techniques, procedures and criteria, using judgment in making adaptations and modifications. The Civil Engineer will be required to work efficiently and effectively on small and large project teams reporting to several Project Managers.This position is primarily focused on structural engineering, but candidate should have some knowledge of the principles of geotechnical, hydrostatics, hydromechanics, and environmental engineering.Application of the following personal skills and abilities is expected for this role: self-motivation, analytical, communication and interpersonal, leadership, organizational, problem solving, and troubleshooting. A willingness, and the ability, to accept and adapt to changing priorities due to emergent work or outages is a must. The Civil Engineer must be able to tolerate a heavy industrial environment. Coal plants present many loud, hot, and dusty locations; while areas of gas compression plants can be loud, hot, and oily. The Civil Engineer should able to climb stairs and/or fixed ladders to elevated platforms, able to enter/crawl-into small/tight spaces (access hatches), and be able to walk a rough construction grade as required.The Civil Engineer will be required to travel in-state routinely. Companyhas facilities all around the state of Michigan (Lower Peninsula only). ; Experience in a design and contract administration; Professional Engineer (PE) license; Working knowledge of Civil/Structural codes, including, but not limited to: IBC/MBC, AISC Steel Construction Manual, ACI 318, AWS D1.1, and ASCE 7.; Experience with structural engineering software such as (or similar to): RISA3d, SAP2000, EnerCalc, STAAD, MathCad, SPMats, SPW911, L-Pile, etc.; Previous design experience with building and non-building structures; Experience coordinating and developing contract documents, specifically engineering drawings and technical specifications for both consulting and construction servicesBachelor’s Engineering degree from an ABET accredited program; ideally in Civil / Structural Engineering

Skills:

Experience in a design and contract administration

Professional Engineer (PE) license

Working knowledge of Civil/Structural codes, including, but not limited to: IBC/MBC, AISC Steel Construction Manual, ACI 318, AWS D1.1, and ASCE 7.

Experience with structural engineering software such as (or similar to): RISA3d, SAP2000, EnerCalc, STAAD, MathCad, SPMats, SPW911, L-Pile, etc.

Previous design experience with building and non-building structures

Experience coordinating and developing contract documents, specifically engineering drawings and technical specifications for both consulting and construction services

Education:

Bachelor’s Engineering degree from an ABET accredited program; ideally in Civil / Structural Engineering

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Job Details
Location
Jackson, Michigan, United States
Job Type
Contract
Ref
260908
Posted
27 OCT 2025
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